oDesk Tips: Building Your Profile Wednesday, January 27, 2010

As I stated in a previous post, here's the beginning of a series of posts that will discuss some tips and tricks I have learned over the months when it comes to earning as much as you can on oDesk.

For beginners, the first thing you need to do is to invest time and effort into your provider profile. Here's my provider profile on oDesk as a reference. You will need to think of your own header, as mine is listed as Freelancer/QA/Experienced Customer Service Rep/Blogger for Hire! I know it's a lot, but the ones I listed are the qualities that best describe me. You should think of something similar for yourself, and focus on the qualities you are good at.

It is also a good idea to add a professional-looking picture of yours, not really that professional, more on presentable. I don't know why, but before I had a picture on my profile, I really had a hard time getting accepted for jobs. I guess buyers (clients) like associating a face to the resume they see.

Don't forget to answer every field in your profile. Should clients have any questions about your skills or experience, they will look for it in your provider profile, and this saves you and your client a lot of time in asking each other questions and sending messages. Some clients who are in a rush for finding providers may just disregard your application.

Lastly, take the oDesk readiness test so that you can apply and get hired for jobs. I'll discuss that test in more detail on another post.

Thinking of... Friday, January 22, 2010

Since I have a lot of friends who ask me about how I make money online, I was thinking about adding posts to this blog that will discuss tips and advice on how to earn online. It's a good thing I have plenty of payment proof from my PayPal account plus my personal bank account to show friends whenever they ask me if what I tell them is true.

I was thinking for starters, I would write posts that discuss what oDesk is about and what you should do to make money from it. Then I would share some tips to get hired, writing a cover letter, and some do's and don'ts to avoid getting scammed. How to get good feedback will definitely be discussed in one of my posts.

Here's my provider profile on oDesk for you guys to see the feedback I've received, how many hours and fixed price jobs I've had and are currently working on, and of course, how much each project pays! I hope this will inspire and motivate people out there who need help on oDesk and who are wondering if it really works - for me, it does wonders.

Happy New Year! Friday, January 01, 2010

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The Haunting of Molly Hartley - Crap Tuesday, December 01, 2009

For starters, let me just say that please do not make the same mistake as I did, which is watching this crap disguising itself as a movie.

I had the unfortunate opportunity to watch this movie with my husband and the kids. It tells the story of a girl whose 18th birthday is a few days away, and a lot of strange things are happening to her. Her own mother tries to kill her by stabbing a pair of scissors to her chest, and one of her classmates also tries to drown her in the church.

This movie unfortunately does not have any redeeming parts, as it was totally not scary, and the plot is pathetic. The lead actress, Haley Bennett, is really pretty but other than that, everything else sucks.

The cause of all the trouble is the fact that Molly Hartley was born dead, but a lady who appears out of nowhere gives her parents a choice. Molly then begins to cry and live. The condition is that once Molly turns 18, the lady who appeared will take her back. So there, just figure things out for yourself. She begins to be something like the female version of Damien in the Omen movies, starting on her 18th birthday.

2012 - OK for Me Monday, November 30, 2009

My husband and I watched 2012 a few weeks back and like most movies I've watched, it's about the destruction of the earth. With all the pollution and other damages that we are causing the earth, humans have created an imbalance and our world is reacting to it by unexplainable weather changes and land shifts.

John Cusack has the lead role in this movie, who also happens to be a favorite actor of mine. I watched 1408 and I thought he was amazing in that movie. He tries to save his family from the disaster as he discovers "a way" (I will not disclose in case there are readers who haven't seen it yet) to be saved from the destruction. He does everything in his powers to save his family, which is made even possible by the help of a Chinese monk.

Good points of the movie include amazing effects and great actors, but for me, it is not a really awesome movie I would drool over for, like Knowing for instance. For me, it was just like a sci-fi high-tech Noah's Ark. Oh well, I guess I gave the movie away. :-)